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[[File:rarity_drama_513.jpg|link=My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|right|<small>Oh, ''why'' did you have to chose such ''horrid'' pictures of me? Everyone will just ''laugh at me'' now! My life is ''RUINED''!!!</small> ]]
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Even if not everything is a crisis, when it is a crisis, it is more important than anything else could possible be. They could be in the hospital, but who cares about the guy with the broken leg? ''Their hangnail is bleeding!''
Although this is usually [[Played for Laughs]], the term actually started as a nickname for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histrionic_personality_disorder Histrionic personality disorder]. Yet over time, people would use the term, [[Self
Teens, particularly teenage girls, are sometimes portrayed this way, often overlapping with [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]. But this trope isn't exclusive to women. Guys can do this a lot as well, but this term is still used to describe them.
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A [[Sister Trope]] to [[Attention Whore]], [[Large Ham]].
Compare [[
Contrast [[The Stoic]] (who genuinely avoids drama), [[Stepford Smiler]] (who has plenty of reason to be dramatic but isn't).
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* Elliot is a self-confessed drama queen on ''[[Scrubs]]''. There's also an episode titled "My Drama Queen" dedicated to J.D.'s new girlfriend.
{{quote| '''Elliot''': She's a drama queen, J.D.! When her husband was in a coma, it was all, like, taboo and exciting; but now that it's okay for the two of you to be together, the relationship's got no snap... it's got no crackle. J.D... It's got no pop. I know! Because I'm a drama queen, too!}}
* ''[[
== Manga And Anime ==
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== Theater ==
* The acting script for ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' notes that Audrey should be played in a melodramatic way--not because she's being subversive or trying to parody the genre, but because she sincerely feels the emotions she expresses and "sees [[World of Ham|the world]] as her personal [[B
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Demon Lord Ghirahim from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' is ridiculously dramatic, but this also highlights his [[Ax Crazy]] persona as well.
* Make that "Drama ''Prince''"! Alexander sure acts like one in ''[[King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow (Video Game)|King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow]]'' while he is feigning suicide in front of Shamir Shamazel and the Pawn Shop Owner.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Bender from ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' actually admits to being a drama queen a lot of the time. When he thought he had a backup system, he therefore thought he was never in any real danger when the cast was in trouble. But he acted all terrified anyway.
* [[Large Ham|Rarity]] from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' (The Trope Images) loves to be dramatic, and even has her own couch just for fainting on<ref>She apparently carries it everywhere, as she was able to summon it from off-screen while on a picnic.</ref> One time Twilight Sparkle was overreacting due to [[Sanity Slippage]], and when Rarity [[Hypocritical Humor|called her a drama queen]], the other ponies glared at her. [[Hypocrisy Nod|Rarity quickly corrected with "Relatively speaking]]".
** At one point, she even manages to be a drama queen while writing a letter.
* ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama]]'' has three such characters.
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